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[ The message comes...not as soon as it should've, but maybe sooner than she might've expected out of him. Two or three weeks after everything happens, Logan finds himself staring at the number he got from Charles. Hard to decide if he's hoping she'll answer him or not.
Guess they'll see. ]
Hey, kid.
You got a moment?
Guess they'll see. ]
Hey, kid.
You got a moment?
[ Because clinging to basic human kindness after fifteen years of being treated like a living weapon might say something about her that she isn't willing to confront, and he's a person, not— not an endless compassion dispenser. Because the fact of her world mean she struggles to put down that last razor edge of suspicion.
The idea that sometimes she lies awake at night and wonders if she feels like this because she just does or because he—
And she knows that line of thought is incredibly unfair. It's unkind, disrespectful.
But all she says, here and now, is, ]
Not good enough.
The idea that sometimes she lies awake at night and wonders if she feels like this because she just does or because he—
And she knows that line of thought is incredibly unfair. It's unkind, disrespectful.
But all she says, here and now, is, ]
Not good enough.
Edited 2025-09-22 14:10 (UTC)
I met another guy with claws like yours.
[ Furiosa assumes it's her dad, but she has a very complicated relationship with that concept herself, so she won't. Not until Laura says so. ]
[ Furiosa assumes it's her dad, but she has a very complicated relationship with that concept herself, so she won't. Not until Laura says so. ]
We didn't exchange names.
[ In retrospect, sounds familiar. This next part is tougher to type than she thought it would be. It's just a fact. It's just what happened. ]
He told me he died on you.
[ And then quickly, like it will help: ]
I got mad at him for it.
[ In retrospect, sounds familiar. This next part is tougher to type than she thought it would be. It's just a fact. It's just what happened. ]
He told me he died on you.
[ And then quickly, like it will help: ]
I got mad at him for it.
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